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Fender Custom Shop 1968 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic 3-Color Sunburst

SKU 00FCS255
by Fender
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Original price $ 4,750.00 - Original price $ 4,750.00
Original price
$ 4,750.00
$ 4,750.00 - $ 4,750.00
Current price $ 4,750.00
Fender Custom Shop
1968 saw the debut of the Telecaster Thinline—designed as a lighter new version of the Telecaster due to a shortage of lightweight ash bodywood. The guitar had hollow “wings” on either side of the body, with an f-hole on the bass side for a brilliant new look and warmly resonant tone. The ’68 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic captures that year’s model in all its brilliance, with a few custom modifications including a Bigsby® B5 bridge and tailpiece for added vibrato. A semi-hollow Thinline ash body wears a perfectly worn-in Journeyman Relic lacquer finish. The rift-sawn maple neck features a ’60s-style “oval C” profile, 9.5”-radius rift-sawn maple fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.
 
Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups provide extra-hot output for beautiful resonance and are hooked up to modern Telecaster wiring and three-way switch. Other features include a three-ply white pearl pickguard, Schaller® “F” tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree. Also includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
  
We have a special Tele here and don't think it will last long.  Come to Club Fender at Truetone Music to try it out today, or order right here right now to get it sent straight to your home.

  • Serial # CZ559905
  • Weight: 6.0 lbs
  • Part #  9235001568
  • Finish Package: Journeyman Relic
  • Finish: Nitro Lacquer
  • Color:  3-Tone Sunburst
  • Pickguard: White Pearl
  • Neck Pickup:  Hand-wound Twisted Tele
  • Bridge Pickup:  Hand-Wound  Twisted Tele
  • Body: 2 Piece Select Ash
  • Neck: Rift Sawn Maple
  • Fretboard: Round Lam Maple
  • Tint: Medium
  • Neck Finish: Nitro Lacquer
  • Dots: Micarta Black
  • Neck Shape: 60's Oval "C"
  • Frets: 21
  • Fretwire: 6105
  • Radius: 9.5"
  • Neck Nut Width: 1.650"
  • Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: .850"
  • Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: .920"
  • Neck Butt Width: 2.200"
  • Bone Nut
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Knobs: Knurled Chrome
  • Tuners: Vintage
  • String Tree: Disc
  • Bridge: Bigsby B5
  • Neck plate: FCS V Logo
  • Case: Custom Shop Deluxe Black